This past weekend, Lady Gaga brought Mayhem to the desert by headlining night one of Coachella 2025. And after an incredible almost-two-hour gothic-inspired production, the reviews are in: considered her toll to the angels, PAID!!!
This year’s Gagachella wasn’t the first, although it sure felt like it. YOU SEE, she already headlined the festival back in 2017 (she was only the second woman to do so, after Björk headlined in 2002). But Gaga only had two weeks to plan for her first Coachella, after Beyoncé backed out after her pregnancy announcement.
While Gaga always puts on a good show, 2017 was never the Coachella of her dreams. “I have been wanting to go back and to do it right, and I am,” she said on Instagram a few months ago. AND THAT SHE DID!
Creative directed in part with legendary choreographer Parris Goebel, I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that Lady Gaga’s nearly two hour production in the desert was nothing short of her magnum opus.
Like come on, how Gaga was her GIANT DRESS FOR THE OPENING NUMBER??? AND THE OPERA HOUSE SET???? I watched live at 2 a.m. EST, and from the second the show started, my ass AND paws were up.
“We are monsters – and monsters never die,” Lady Gaga said during her performance of “Bad Romance” in the show’s finale. As a long-time Little Monster, that to me was the thesis of the entire performance. Never afraid to reference (or not reference), the concert was an homage to herself…and therefore an homage to the community of fans who have been there since “Just Dance”. After all, Mother and her monsters go paw in paw.
But who am I besides one Little Monster in a sea of many??? Here’s what everyone had to say about what’s being considered Coachella’s wildest headlining show EVER:
There’s still one more Gaga performance at Coachella, this Friday, April 18 (which means yes, she will be performing “Judas” on Good Friday, like the good Lord intended). Will you be watching? Let me know down below!